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4.24.2007War Mongering or War Marketing?Grandpa Simpson. This is what I picture when I think of the typical senior citizen, a bumbling old fool that tells exaggerated stories and needs constant supervision. I think of someone living in the past, too afraid to understand the present and too close to death to care about the future. I know it's ageist and wrong, but that's how I picture the old. Oddly, I've never known any old people that fit my stereotype, but I still stick with my faulty perception. Maybe, it's due to the seniors I see on TV. Or, more likely, it's that seniors have terrible role models. And who are the role models for seniors? Well, it's politicians, of course. Old people putting other old people in political office to ensure the agenda of old people everywhere is secure. And what is their agenda? Well... um... they don't remember. Just ask Alberto Gonzales. He can't remember if his first name is Alberto, and he's our Attorney General. I never thought in a million years I would say John Ashcroft would be a better alternative to anything, but I miss him just a little (Let the eagles soar, big man). But I digress. As if seniors' image wasn't tarnished enough by the doddering idiots in Washington, now we find out that they like to tell tall tales about the war in Iraq. Okay, old farts, listen up! The war in Iraq is still going on. You can't go around telling Audie Murphy stories about a war that is being broadcast directly to the tech savvy children of the 21st century. It's no longer 1941. I can get the story straight from Iraq with full video via this new-fangled invention called the Intertube, (look it up). The only way your representatives are going to be able to lie to us and not have any of us find out is if they take away electricity. My Marketing Take: I believe the Republicans should put their ad account up for review. It's obvious their current agency is asleep at the wheel. Really, the only thing that could save you now is a secret sex video leaked to YouTube (again, look it up). Just ask Paris or Pam or... Sorry, mom and dad. You aren't "old farts." You "get it." But the other old folks are making you look bad. Why don't you get your golf buddies or the bridge club together and hold them accountable, huh?
posted by Jim at 6:49 PM
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